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C. & W. SILVESTER. WINDMILL REGULATOR.

No. 446,627. Patented Feb. 17,1891.

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WINDMILL REGULATOR.

No. 446,627. Patented Feb. 17,1891.

NITEDA STATES .3 E T I WINDMILL-REGULATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,627, dated February17, 1891. Application filed October 11, 1890 $crial No. 367,775. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLARENCE SILVEsTER and WINFRED SILVESTER, citizensof the United States, residing at lVindomfln the county of McPherson andState of Kansas, have invented a new and useful \Vindmill- Regulator, ofwhich the following is a spceification.

This invention relates to windmill-regulators; and the object of thesame is to provide means whereby the motion of the wind-wheel will hesuddenly stopped when the tank be comes full and suddenly started whenthe water therein falls to a certain level.

To this end the invention consists of the specific details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, and as illustrated inthe drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of our improvedwindmill-regulator with the front of the box removed. Fig. 2 is a planView of the same. Figs. 3, a, and 5 are details of different forms ofcatches. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the windmill-regulator arrangedin a different manner and with the tank at a remote point. Fig.7 is aperspective detail of the beam with the operating-arm attached thereto.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter X designates the framesupporting a windwheel, (not shown,) which wind-wheel drives thepump-rod Y and fills the tank Z in a wellknown manner, and whichwind-wheel is adapted to be thrown out of the wind, either by turningits blades or its tail, by a downward pull upon the regulating-wire L.

The letter A designates a box mounted upon the cross-bars of the frameX, and pivotally mounted upon a cross-bolt I through said box is a beam13, having sharpened extremities Z), as shown. Connected to one end ofthis beam is a wire 6, carrying a weight E, and connected to the otherend of the beam is a wire f, which leads either directly, as in Fig. 1,or through a bell-crank lever O, as in Fig. 6, to a large float F,within the tank Z, the float being sufficiently heavy to overcome theweight E.

At each end of the box A is a catch 0, adapted to engage one extremity Zof the beam B, and having an outwardly-extending arm 0. 'W'hen this armis raised, the catch is tripped and disengages the extremity b, but

at other times said extremity will automatically engage the catch and besupported thereby. The weighted end of the beam B is connected to theregulating-wire L, so that when the float F rises the weight E drawsdownwardly upon the wire L and stops the motion of the wheel; but whenthe float falls its weight overbalances the weight E and turns the beamupon its pivot I, thereby relaxin g the tension on the regulating-Wireand setting the wheel again in motion. This would be the operation if itwere not for the catches; but these are operated in the followingmanner:

The letter D designates a bar also pivotally mounted upon the bolt I,and one end of this bar carries a weight H, while the other end isconnected by a wire g, either directly, as shown in Fig. 1, or through abell-crank lever P, asshown in Fig. 6, with a float G, also locatedwithin the tank. At each end of the bar D is a laterally-prejecting pin(Z, adapted to engage the outwardly-extending arm 0 of the catch.

\Vith this construction of parts, the operation is as follows: The wheelbeing in motion and the water rising within the tankZ as the latter isfilled, the floats F and G slowly rise. The wire f becomes slack; butthe beam B cannot move, because it is supported upon the left catch 0.The rising of the float G permits the movement of the bar D under theinfluence of its weight H, and the pin d at the left end of this barmoves from the dotted position to the full-lined position of Fig. 1,striking the arm, 0 and gradually retracting the catch C, until at themoment the tank becomes full the catch disengages the left extremity band the beam B suddenly moves, as will be understood. This movement ispermitted by the then slack wire f, and itdraws upon the regulating-wireL and throws the wheel out of the wind. As the tank becomes graduallyempty, the float G slowly descends, thereby moving the bar D from thefull-lined to the dotted position of Fig. 1 and at the proper momenttripping the right-hand catch 0, as will be understood; At this momentthe large float F is suspended above the water-level, and as it isheavier than the weight E, when this end of the beam is disengaged fromthe catch the beam suddenly turns on its pivot, relaxes the tension onthe regulating-wire I1, and sets the wheel again in motion.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 6 the operation is practicallythe same. In this case the tank Z is located at a distance from theframe X, and hence the wires f and g must be led for a distance thereto.In order to accomplish this, bell-crank levers O and P are provided, andthe connections are substantially the same as used in bell-hanging. Itthe wires f and g lead upwardly to the beam B and bar D, the latter arearranged and constructed as shown in Fig. l; but if these wires leadhorizontally into the frame X, as shown in Fig. 6, the beam B isprovided with an upwardly-extending arm M, and the bar I) with adownwardly-extending arm N, to the outer ends of which arms the wiresare respectively connected. The beam 13, provided with this arm, isillustrated in detail in Fig.7.

It will be obvious that if the arrangement shown in Fig. 6 be slightlyaltered and one upwardly-tripping catch 0 be used, Fig. 3, and onedownwardlytripping, Fig. 4:, the bar D and beam B may be pivoted at oneend and the two catches may engage their free ends, one cat-ch holdingthe beam when it rises and theother when it descends, and each beingtripped by the movement of the bar D. By using other styles of catchesthe beam and banmay stand in an upright position, the weightsE and IIbeing attached to the ends of arms M and N.

Although we have described but one pivotbolt 1, two may be used, ifpreferred.

Various changes in the arrangement and construction of the parts of thisdevice will be suggested by experience and may be made without departingfrom the spirit of our invention.

.XVhat is claimed as new is- 1. In a windmill-regulator, thecombination, with the centrally-pivoted beam, a weight depending fromone'end thereof, the wind-wheel regulator-Wire being attached to thisend, and a float heavier than said weight, connected to the other end ofsaid beam and being'located in the tank, of catches automaticallyengaging the extremities of said beam when in either of its extremepositions, a smaller float in the tank, and connections, substantiallyas described, between the catches and said smaller float for trippingthe catch at the heavy end of the beam when the water rises and at itsother end when the water falls to a certain point, as set forth.

2. In a M ndmill-regulator, the combination, with a centrally-pivotedbar, a weight near one end thereof, a float heavier than said weight,connected to the other end of said bar and being located in the tank,and catches tripped by the extremities of said bar when it oscillatesupon its pivot, of a beam to which the regulating-wire is connected,said beam being centrally pivoted and its extremities alternatelyengaged bysaid catches, a weight E, connected to the beam below theregulatorwire, and a float F, heavier than said weight,

connected to the other end of said beam and operating in the tank Z, asset forth.

3. In awindmill-regulator, the combination, with a windmill'fr'ame X,the box A, carried thereby, the boltI through the box, the beam B,having extremities b, and the bar D, centrally pivoted on said bolt,weights E and II, connected, respectively, to one end of said beam andbar, and the regulating-wire L,

connected to the weighted end of 'thebeam, I

of the floats F and G within the tank, the former being heavier than theweight on the beam and being connected to the light end thereof and thelatter being heavier than the weight on the bar and also being connectedto its light end, catches G at the ends of said box, automaticallyengaging the extremities b of the beam when raised and havingoutwardly-extending arms 0, and laterally-projecting pins d at theextremities of said bar, adapted to engage the arms of and to trip saidcatches when such extremities rise, all as and for the purposehereinbefore set forth.

4. In a windmill-regulator, the combination, with the regulator proper,catches engaging the same, and a regulator-wire leading from saidregulator to the wind-wheel, of a pivoted bar having pins engaging saidcatches, a weight at one end of said bar, and a cord leading from theother end of said bar and pro vided with a float in the'tank which isheavier than said weight, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE SILVESTER. WINFRED SILVESTER. W itnesscs:

W. H. IIA\VTHORNE, II. C. ZINK.

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